JamesG
08-26-2019, 02:46 PM
"Silicon Valley" Star Says he's Mostly Recognized as Verizon Pitchman: It's "A Little Weird"
by Chris Gardner
Aug. 26, 2019
Fans of "Silicon Valley" know him for his Emmy-nominated turn as Richard Hendricks, the adorably nerdy computer wiz whose Pied Piper startup may or may not reinvent the internet in the HBO comedy's upcoming sixth and final season (debuting in October).
But to the vast majority of the country Thomas Middleditch is that nerdy guy in the Verizon ads. "Not everybody has HBO," Middleditch tells The Hollywood Reporter. "But everybody watches sports and sees me during the commercials."
The 37-year-old actor-comic admits it's "a little weird" being famous for peddling "America's largest and most reliable 4G LTE network" but says he's learned to accept it.
"As long as it's not, 'Hey, it's the Verizon guy, now hold still while I punch you in the face,' I'm OK with it," he says.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/thomas-middleditch-says-hes-recognized-as-verizon-pitchman-1233213
by Chris Gardner
Aug. 26, 2019
Fans of "Silicon Valley" know him for his Emmy-nominated turn as Richard Hendricks, the adorably nerdy computer wiz whose Pied Piper startup may or may not reinvent the internet in the HBO comedy's upcoming sixth and final season (debuting in October).
But to the vast majority of the country Thomas Middleditch is that nerdy guy in the Verizon ads. "Not everybody has HBO," Middleditch tells The Hollywood Reporter. "But everybody watches sports and sees me during the commercials."
The 37-year-old actor-comic admits it's "a little weird" being famous for peddling "America's largest and most reliable 4G LTE network" but says he's learned to accept it.
"As long as it's not, 'Hey, it's the Verizon guy, now hold still while I punch you in the face,' I'm OK with it," he says.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/thomas-middleditch-says-hes-recognized-as-verizon-pitchman-1233213